Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Dairy Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Mr. Joe Collins:
Some product is getting to Russia through the back door in the form of milk and cream. They are leaving the domestic market quite short and dairy prices have shot up at the retail level in Russia. Many dairy substitutes are now being produced in Russia. These are analogue or vegetarian and protein-based cheeses.